WEBVTT - Hamilton, Hill & Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conferences 9/20/24

0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:05.160
<v Speaker 1>Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Friday,

0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:08.680
<v Speaker 1>September twentieth. The Ravens are preparing for Sunday's game coming

0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:12.000
<v Speaker 1>up against the Dallas Cowboys. Still travel to Dallas tomorrow

0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:14.440
<v Speaker 1>to get ready for that game. Today, we had a

0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:16.640
<v Speaker 1>chance to hear from head coach John Harplough.

0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.520
<v Speaker 2>Okay, good to see everybody. Appreciate everybody being here. What

0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:25.840
<v Speaker 2>questions you have John?

0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.840
<v Speaker 3>There were reports of Justice Hill sign of a contract extension.

0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:31.800
<v Speaker 3>I mean, how happy are you for him and his growth?

0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:33.639
<v Speaker 3>Me started as a special teams player and has really

0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:35.879
<v Speaker 3>become a big part of what you do offensive here.

0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.040
<v Speaker 4>He has He's still a very good special teams player,

0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:39.200
<v Speaker 4>I might add.

0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:40.160
<v Speaker 2>But Justice Hill.

0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:45.760
<v Speaker 4>Congratulations to Justice, Congratulations to his family, Congratulations with the Ravens.

0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:47.000
<v Speaker 2>That's Justice has.

0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:49.519
<v Speaker 4>Become a really, really good football player. And you know

0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:51.400
<v Speaker 4>he came in here, fourth round pick Oklahoma State, a

0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:53.640
<v Speaker 4>lot of talent. We were excited about him. Threw himself

0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:55.760
<v Speaker 4>into special teams. Like you said, it's still a very

0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:57.920
<v Speaker 4>good special teams player. We haven't used him there as

0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.840
<v Speaker 4>much so far, but he's ready and willing. He practices

0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.280
<v Speaker 4>every day at that as well. Uh, just to see

0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:06.280
<v Speaker 4>him get that kind of that kind of a reward,

0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.959
<v Speaker 4>you know, for everything he's done. Probably one of the

0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:14.000
<v Speaker 4>greatest shining examples of come to work every day, ready

0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:15.840
<v Speaker 4>to go to work every day, you know, be it

0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.640
<v Speaker 4>your best, positive attitude. You guys see him, you know

0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:22.119
<v Speaker 4>how he is upbeat, ready to go. Uh, nothing too

0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.240
<v Speaker 4>big for him, nothing too small for him. Just wants

0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:27.039
<v Speaker 4>to be his best and and lift everybody up. To

0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:28.800
<v Speaker 4>see a guy like that get rewarded is to me

0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.640
<v Speaker 4>what it's about. You also use as an example to

0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:33.920
<v Speaker 4>maybe a younger player who got hurt in year win or.

0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.080
<v Speaker 2>Year two, as a hey, that this doesn't need to

0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:37.679
<v Speaker 2>be the end of your story. There would be.

0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:41.040
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, absolutely, I haven't done that yet specifically, probably, but uh,

0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:42.160
<v Speaker 4>he would be a great example.

0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:43.280
<v Speaker 2>And we've had other guys like that.

0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:45.360
<v Speaker 4>But for him to tear the achilles the way he did,

0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:48.760
<v Speaker 4>and boy, I mean maybe he's faster than he was

0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.040
<v Speaker 4>at this point, but shows you how Hardy's work. Credit

0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:52.320
<v Speaker 4>to the trainers and the and the guys in the

0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.040
<v Speaker 4>weight room for sure. But that's a probably a great point, Hilds.

0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.240
<v Speaker 4>I think he'd be that example. What about just the

0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:01.160
<v Speaker 4>fact that I mean, it's a day repay contract a

0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:03.360
<v Speaker 4>team or not. When you talk to other guys that

0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:05.560
<v Speaker 4>come in here, you know a lot of Day three

0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:07.720
<v Speaker 4>picks don't pay around in the NFL very long.

0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:08.760
<v Speaker 1>This is his third.

0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.960
<v Speaker 4>Contract, Yeah, be interested to see what the stats are

0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:13.080
<v Speaker 4>on the Day three picks that get three contracts. You know,

0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.919
<v Speaker 4>it's it's probably how many players get three contracts. I

0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.679
<v Speaker 4>don't care where you get picked, but you know, I

0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:23.160
<v Speaker 4>do believe that when when a when a player especially

0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:25.120
<v Speaker 4>he's got the right mindset, thinks the right way, no

0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.440
<v Speaker 4>matter where he's picked, first round pick or undrafted, free

0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:28.560
<v Speaker 4>agent or anything in between.

0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:30.280
<v Speaker 2>That's the plan. You know.

0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.440
<v Speaker 4>They want to get three contracts, you know, And and

0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.280
<v Speaker 4>here's a guy that's actually done it, so he'd be

0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:38.000
<v Speaker 4>a good guy to go talk to and seek advice from.

0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:41.640
<v Speaker 4>How much should the blocks on Christians add to? You know,

0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.680
<v Speaker 4>you're how impressed you guys are with him? How much

0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:46.480
<v Speaker 4>of the blocking that you did on Christians?

0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:49.160
<v Speaker 2>Well, it didn't hurt, It didn't hurt?

0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:49.720
<v Speaker 1>Was it?

0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:53.440
<v Speaker 4>Probably the the thing I think Eric's probe Probably My

0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:54.920
<v Speaker 4>guess is Eric and Nick have been working on that

0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.359
<v Speaker 4>for quite a while. But uh, yeah, I just I

0:02:57.400 --> 0:02:59.720
<v Speaker 4>think it's an example of he'll do anything he's asked.

0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:03.639
<v Speaker 3>Johnny Sutton, you spend time at the offensive line this morning.

0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:08.880
<v Speaker 3>You've done that before. But obviously that's as you've said,

0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:15.480
<v Speaker 3>that's a point of emphasis. What prompted that, I guess

0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:16.960
<v Speaker 3>and uh.

0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.960
<v Speaker 2>Oh for me being down there? Yeah, yes, and.

0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.440
<v Speaker 3>You know where you still looking at maybe rotations or

0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:24.519
<v Speaker 3>any changes there.

0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.880
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, to your real question, I answered all on to

0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:34.800
<v Speaker 4>your fake question. First, heyre was clever. I just felt

0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:36.960
<v Speaker 4>like in that walk through they needed a little speed, quickness,

0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.120
<v Speaker 4>athleticism out there on the edge, and I felt like

0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.400
<v Speaker 4>it mud be the guy to provide that. Uh had

0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.320
<v Speaker 4>a nice swipe hop out move if you noticed. But

0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.480
<v Speaker 4>uh no, we we're definitely a work in progress. I mean,

0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.960
<v Speaker 4>there's no question about that. We we we uh, we're

0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:54.680
<v Speaker 4>heading to where we're gonna be. I'm very confident that

0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:56.400
<v Speaker 4>we're gonna be the kind of offensive line that we

0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:59.120
<v Speaker 4>need to be. We've been down this road before in

0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:02.040
<v Speaker 4>the offensive line, We've down this road in other positions.

0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:03.120
<v Speaker 2>And we got to work at it.

0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.200
<v Speaker 4>We've got to build that because you can't be a

0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.560
<v Speaker 4>great offense without being without having a great offensive line.

0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:10.520
<v Speaker 2>It's just I've never believed it was possible.

0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.600
<v Speaker 4>If you go back to two thousand and eight, we

0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:15.240
<v Speaker 4>talked about you starting the trenches, starting the offensive line

0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:18.080
<v Speaker 4>of defensive line, and that's that's that's been true since

0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.040
<v Speaker 4>Fielding Yost was coaching in Michigan. It's going to be

0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.840
<v Speaker 4>true hundred years from now. So that's that's important for us,

0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:26.839
<v Speaker 4>and and we are working progress. I think it's still competition,

0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:27.560
<v Speaker 4>it's still up.

0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:27.839
<v Speaker 2>In the air.

0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:32.040
<v Speaker 4>It's for for certain spots, and uh, that's part of it,

0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.120
<v Speaker 4>you know. So we're gonna go into this game and

0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.039
<v Speaker 4>play the game, and you know, I'm really excited because

0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.000
<v Speaker 4>I think we're gonna play great. I think our offensive

0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:40.520
<v Speaker 4>line is gonna play great. You have to believe that

0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.560
<v Speaker 4>and feel that way. And I'm looking forward to it.

0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:44.760
<v Speaker 4>And you probably will see some different guys, you know,

0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.040
<v Speaker 4>in spots. So that's just part of it.

0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.039
<v Speaker 3>What kind of versatility is a guy like Pat Terry?

0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:52.160
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, that's the thing about Pat.

0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.120
<v Speaker 4>You know, Pat can play all five spots and he has,

0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.280
<v Speaker 4>so that's that's a valuable thing. That's prob part of

0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.200
<v Speaker 4>why it is at right tackle, you know, first two game,

0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.839
<v Speaker 4>so that's a valuable thing.

0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.520
<v Speaker 2>Again and quick end. We all know we've seen you practice,

0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:08.159
<v Speaker 2>we know how part of you guys practice.

0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.039
<v Speaker 3>But some of the guys have mentioned this week that

0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.960
<v Speaker 3>there's been maybe a little different energy for this week's back.

0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.560
<v Speaker 2>Have you since anything different in that regard?

0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:18.080
<v Speaker 4>Well, I mean, I think we always practice at a

0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:19.520
<v Speaker 4>high level with a lot of energy, but there are

0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:23.520
<v Speaker 4>levels to that. And this week the guys were were

0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:25.040
<v Speaker 4>in We're in it. They were on it. They were

0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.039
<v Speaker 4>on it, and uh, you know, I think they set

0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.760
<v Speaker 4>a standard for this season for sure, and I want

0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:31.480
<v Speaker 4>to keep building on that standard because to me, it's

0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.279
<v Speaker 4>a practice sport and it's a race to get better

0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.840
<v Speaker 4>and if you're willing to go out and practice hard

0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.760
<v Speaker 4>and well, then then you've got a chance to win that.

0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.960
<v Speaker 2>Race to get better. So that was good to see. Now,

0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:45.040
<v Speaker 2>now the next part of that is you take that.

0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.360
<v Speaker 4>Practice into the game. You know, that's the next part

0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.239
<v Speaker 4>of it, and that's what they'll be they'll be working

0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.600
<v Speaker 4>to do. But the best way to play well in

0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:52.800
<v Speaker 4>the games to play well in practice.

0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:55.840
<v Speaker 3>I'm saying made Wiggins back at practice this week, how

0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:57.880
<v Speaker 3>do you feel like he's doing it? Is do you

0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.240
<v Speaker 3>feel like he's trended towards playing Sunday.

0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:01.760
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, it's a great question.

0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.640
<v Speaker 4>I thought, as you saw, he practiced full speed, he

0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.320
<v Speaker 4>was in everything, had the red jersey on, but he

0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.680
<v Speaker 4>was full go in terms of moving around and everything, and.

0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:13.760
<v Speaker 2>I thought he looked great. You know.

0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.200
<v Speaker 4>So it's up to the doctors in the protocol, et cetera,

0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:17.839
<v Speaker 4>and we'll see how that shakes out.

0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.200
<v Speaker 1>All right, Sorry to do that.

0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:28.360
<v Speaker 3>I'll take that when it's time for mel Kuiper said

0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.920
<v Speaker 3>that too high, sayer, you should be out. What's your

0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:33.279
<v Speaker 3>opinion on that?

0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:35.560
<v Speaker 4>Well, I mean, if if you remember in the Chiefs game,

0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:36.960
<v Speaker 4>it was a too high safety they got beat for

0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:37.520
<v Speaker 4>the touchdown.

0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.000
<v Speaker 2>So you know, so I'm fine with bad at this point.

0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:42.400
<v Speaker 2>Get it out, get it out.

0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:47.040
<v Speaker 4>Uh yeah, it's definitely, it's definitely. It's not really too

0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:50.360
<v Speaker 4>high so much as it's split safety quarters too high.

0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.800
<v Speaker 4>The variations that are umbrella type zone coverages that keep

0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.760
<v Speaker 4>the ball in front force teams to go the long way.

0:06:57.279 --> 0:06:58.839
<v Speaker 4>So no, I don't see he's going to get banned

0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:02.440
<v Speaker 4>anytime soon. You know. It forces teams to be disciplined

0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.800
<v Speaker 4>and to execute and to not make mistakes. On offense,

0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:07.760
<v Speaker 4>you know, and go to the long, hard route, and

0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:09.239
<v Speaker 4>that's what you got to get good at doing on offense.

0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.080
<v Speaker 2>That's something we need to get go to doing. About

0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:13.840
<v Speaker 2>wearing persons number for your past rush.

0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:19.680
<v Speaker 4>Ups, right, yeah, yeah, I don't want to motivate a

0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:20.200
<v Speaker 4>guy like that.

0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:24.080
<v Speaker 2>No, I probably wouldn't do that. No, good, good question. Thanks.

0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:29.920
<v Speaker 1>All right, you're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast.

0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.280
<v Speaker 1>Make sure you hit that subscribe button. Also head over

0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:35.400
<v Speaker 1>to the Lounge podcast feed for a full breakdown of

0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:37.400
<v Speaker 1>what to expect in this game it was going to

0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:39.800
<v Speaker 1>take for the Ravens to come away with the victory.

0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.040
<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for listening. We'll be back with

0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:44.720
<v Speaker 1>you on Sunday following that game.